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Originally Posted by ScottRiqui

Maybe they only show "two required" since that's the quantity that comes with a new press.

Two are requried because they only sell them in pairs. (at the 50 cents each price. One dollar minimum purchase, I guess.)

I just slid the spare square ratchet onto the indexing rod, just below the turret. It is out of the way, but immediately available if I have to replace the one being used.

Vance How are people breaking the square ratchet thingy? I have had my LCT for 2 years and haven't broke one yet.

If the most recent movement of the ram is in the downward direction, the square ratchet is engaged with the notches inside the indexing arm. At that point, if you turn the turret in the wrong direction you will get resistance and if you persist, you will break the ratchet (which is preferable to breaking the indexing arm, which costs $6.00 or mis-aligning the turret nut).

The simplest way to prevent breaking the thing is to always make sure the last movement of the ram was downward. Alternatively, you can grab the indexing rod, lift it a fraction of an inch and drop it back down. That disengages the ratched very reliably. Then you can turn the turret in either direction.

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TheDaddyCat, Thanks for your advice. I am well aware of the time savings of leaving the casing in the press for all steps. Trouble is, many people want to clean the primer pocket after depriming or check the case mouth after belling, which implies stopping and removing the case from the press, so those folks tend to prefer continuing with batch processing or a hybrid method combining elements of both batch and continuous.

I am not bothered by such niceties yet. I load handgun cartridges and have not yet been troubled with case mouth cracking or overly dirty primer pockets.

When I move up to bottlenecked cartridges, I will have to delve into more complex questions and will heed your advice. I also have a RockChucker on hand, but it's not a breechlock, as it nearly 40 years old.

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